Fox jumps onto the EVIL ASSAULT WEAPON bandwagon

FOXNews.com - U.S. & World - Gunman Opens Fire at Upstate New York Mall:KINGSTON, N.Y. — A lone gunman opened fire with an assault rifle Sunday inside a crowded mall in upstate New York, wounding one person before running out of ammunition and being subdued by employees, authorities said...

"Police did not identify the suspect or the type of gun he used. State police Capt. Wayne Olson said investigators did not know the exact number of shots fired."

OK, So if police did not ID the type of weapon, which 'authority' did? And someone please, please tell me, what is an assault weapon? A weapon with which one assaults? So a knife would be one... Or is it a scary looking gun, a la Feinstein? Grrrrr...